Residents of Goyta spoke about the funerals of fellow villagers killed at the front.

At least six residents of the village of Goyty in the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya were killed in the war zone in Ukraine on the same day. Another native of the village is in the hospital with injuries.

"Caucasian Knot" wrote that the head of Chechnya, unlike the leaders of several other regions, extremely rarely reports data on losses at the front. On October 27, 2022, Ramzan Kadyrov stated that 23 Chechen fighters were killed "overnight" in the Kherson region, and another 58 were wounded. Over the previous eight months, the authorities officially acknowledged the deaths of only 29 Chechen residents in Ukraine. In February 2023, Kadyrov stated that regional leaders should not report the death toll in Ukraine, calling for "no comment on losses."

At least six natives of the village of Goyty were fatally wounded in the combat zone in Ukraine on September 19. The bodies of four of them were recently delivered to their home village, local residents told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The nature of military operations in the combat zone has changed significantly in the third year, noted Zelimkhan, a former Chechen security officer and participant in the operation in Ukraine.

"Currently, both sides in the conflict are focusing primarily on drones: reconnaissance drones, kamikaze drones, drones equipped with grenade and explosive launchers, and hunter drones. As soon as a reconnaissance drone spots a group of fighters, or even two or three people, kamikaze drones fly out and circle until those hiding somehow reveal themselves. Then they destroy them, even finishing off the wounded. When it's open terrain, covered only by low-growing bushes, with nowhere to hide, the fighters have a hard time," Zelimkhan explained. He suggests that a unit containing a group of fighters from the village of Goyty found itself in this situation—they were ordered to secure a high ground, negotiating a difficult passage.

“The advance of the Chechen unit was apparently spotted by a reconnaissance drone, because kamikaze drones appeared immediately behind it. They started throwing grenades at our fighters, and one grenade exploded right next to two guys. One of them, my younger brother Magomed, received a slight wound to his arm. The other person injured by the drone was our fellow villager Abu-Muslim Tashtamirov; he was very seriously wounded. This happened on September 19,” Goyty resident Akhmed told the Caucasian Knot.

According to the villager, his younger brother didn't want to risk Abu Muslim's life waiting for help, as the Chechen unit was stationed about 30 kilometers away.

"Magomed decided to rely only on himself and his own strength in this situation. He tied his wounded friend to his body and set off. Part of the way he had to run to cross open spaces; there were moments when, hearing the drone's buzz, he had to hide in the bushes, throwing fallen leaves and dry grass around himself and Abu Muslim. Part of the way he had to crawl to avoid being spotted by the reconnaissance drone. Apparently, the drone operator did detect the movement of a human figure with a load at some point, but then the silhouette disappeared. The enemy knew there was a man heading toward the Chechen unit's location, and they were hunting him. When they were just a short distance from their final destination, the drone caught up with him. This time, he was seriously wounded; Magomed was unable to move. With difficulty, losing consciousness, he dragged Abu Muslim into the trench. Fortunately, an evacuation team arrived. They placed them on a stretcher, carried them 20-30 meters, and Abu Muslim died. Magomed was transported to a Moscow hospital. "Abu Muslim was buried in the family cemetery in the village of Goyty," said Akhmed.

According to Magomed's father, Lom-Ali Abdurzakov, his son is being treated in the hospital, feels well, and is recovering, said Malika Etsayeva, a teacher of Russian language and literature and a resident of the village of Goyty, who met with Magomed Abdurzakov's relatives.

At the memorial service for Abu Muslim Tashtamirov, the villagers who came to express their condolences expressed words of gratitude to Magomed Abdurzakov, noted Lechi, the elder of the village of Goyty.

"He didn't abandon his seriously wounded friend, but risked his life to carry him to the Chechen unit's location. Abu Muslim's relatives were able to perform the burial rite within the timeframe stipulated by Islam," the elder noted.

According to Lechi, the bodies of four more young villagers, also killed in the battle zone on September 19, were recently brought to Goyty. "Their bodies were only removed from the site of their deaths two weeks later. The body of the fifth Goytin resident still remains where he was struck by a grenade dropped from a drone. Such grief for his relatives," the elder added.

The Chechen authorities, as before, are not providing information on casualties, regularly reporting only on the participation of fighters from the republic in military operations. On November 16, a working meeting was held in Grozny between Chechen Prime Minister Magomed Daudov and Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel General Yevgeny Burdinsky. Burdinsky confirmed Daudov's words that "14,000 fighters from the Chechen Republic are successfully carrying out combat missions in the most critical areas," the official Grozny-Inform news agency reported.